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September 07, 2008

Integrated Farming Code

EISA has developed an Integrated Farming Code. This code
addresses crop rotation and variety choice, crop nutrition, crop protection,
soil and water management, animal husbandry, energy management, waste
management and pollution prevention, and wildlife and landscape management.
There are also sections of the code that address the organisation and
management of the farm and how the farm monitors its performance and if
required implements corrective actions.

Farmers can sign up to adopting this code which will benefit
the business by managing resources (natural capital), equipment (physical
capital) people and training (human capital), and landscape and wildlife
(natural capital). If businesses can also reduce wastage with regard to water
and energy and other inputs this too will benefit the profitability of the
business.

In the UK, LEAF (Linking the Environment and Farming) has
taken this one step further by developing a product brand (LEAFMARQUE) based on
the principles of integrated farming. This gives consumers the opportunity to
actively support integrated farming by buying products that have been grown to
these standards. Follow the link for more details.